Floscopa SCANDENS Lour.
| Synonym : | Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. Dithyrocarpus rufus (C.Presl) Kunth Commelina hispida Ham. ex Spreng. Aneilema densiflorum (Blume) Kunth |
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| Bangla Name : | Khara Gaith (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Duck`s footprint grass (E). |
| Family : | Commelinaceae |
| Disease : | Sore eyes and fractured bones. |
| Description : | A perennial herb with fleshy, pubescent, erect or decumbent stem, 15-30 cm long. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, edges ciliate. Flowers small, pink, in large, dense, 2.5-7.5 cm long, viscid hairy panicle. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Tangail, Rangpur, Sherpur, Moulvi Bazar, Barisal, on the stream bank. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Juice of the stem is used in sore eyes. The plant is used as an application for fractured bones. |
| Habit : | Herb |